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'I Just Wanna Be Sad': What teenagers read ft. author Olivia De Zilva
Can you remember what it was like to be a teenager? This week, author Olivia De Zilva joins us again to recall the feelings and stories that shaped us when we were young. As an ex-teenager and current writer for teens/young adults, Olivia has much wisdom to share about the whimsy and grittiness tha…
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You Can Turn Anything Into Drugs*, and Other Things I Learnt from YA Fiction
Welcome to YA month! We're starting off the month talking about the fundamentals of the genre: what is it, why is it, and is it even a real genre? We get into the politics of ratings for books, letting kids pick their own reads, the YA author's obligation to hopefulness, and we name more books than…
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BOOK CLUB: How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson
It's our first LIVE BOOK CLUB of 2026 !! Join the Amy & team (minus Payton, who was missed) to catch up on recent events before we dive into our BoTM, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson. Would you survive being locked in a night club by a serial killer? Would you be caught dead on …
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Minisode 62A - Poet Miriel Lenore’s final poetry collection ‘Driving to Mulberrygong’
Adelaide poet Miriel Lenore didn't take to poetry until two thirds of her way through an adventurous life. She was over her many years a botanist, researcher, traveller, student, teacher, activist, feminist, mother and grandmother. Miriel spent twenty years in Fiji, forty years in the Australian …
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How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates: Interview with Shailee Thompson
This week, we interviewed the author of our latest favourite, and Book Club book of the month, 'How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates.' We chat all about the witty new slasher romance, the anxieties it feeds off, how to plot a book that spans over only a few hours, and the horniness of horror. What would …
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The Power of Making Your Own Lover: Sentient Object Romance
Continuing a banger month of unconventional romance (Bad ra-ra ah-ah-ah), this week we're digging into the phenomenon of Sentient Object Romance. What initially seems like a silly, goofy genre is revealed to have hidden depths as we get into the topics of women's pleasure, consent, being seen, and …
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Hor-Rom-Com, Ho-Mance & Rom-Hor: Serial Killers in Romance Fiction
Oh it is good to be back for Season 2! This month’s theme is Bad (ra-ra, ah-ah-ah) Romance and today we’re kicking the year off with a discussion of serial killer Romance Fiction. The episode begins with a very reasonable conversation about the ethics of True Crime entertainment and then … well. Bu…
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Episode 62 - Antonia Pont’s ‘Plain Life’ + Tsundoku team’s recommended reads
In the midst of the anxiety-ridden chaos of late-stage capitalism, is it really possible to lead a plain life? Philosopher, essayist and yogi Antonia Pont’s book is far more a philosophical analysis of our modern existence than it is self-help, but she offers advice on being true to oneself and ign…
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Episode 34: Kelly McBurnie - Balancing Ballet, Wellbeing and Operational Excellence - Around the School Table by Xuno Suite
In this episode of Around the School Table (xuno.com.au/podcasts), host Steve Davis is joined by Kelly McBurnie, Director of Business Operation atAcademy of Queensland Ballet(academy.queenslandballet.com.au), to explore how elite arts education can balance performance, wellbeing and operational pre…
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This is My Voice! Season 2 Recap
Rach and Eddie recap the biggest highlights from Season 2, and drop some exciting news!
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